AQUARIUS(January 20 - February 18) You may be uncertain about some of your coworkers and your boss. Try to do things with children that will enable you to bond closer to them. Rewards for past good deeds will be yours.

CAPRICORN(December 22 - January 19) Short trips will be educational. Try to stay calm, and whatever you do, don't nag. You might get behind if you spend too much time debating senseless issues.

CANCER(June 21 - July 22) Your partner's a little jumpy. Do yourself a favor and leave your plastic at home. Work at home if at all possible. Insincere gestures of friendliness are likely to occur.

LEO(July 23 - August 22) You can make money if you're willing to push your ideas on those in a position to support your efforts. Empty promises will cause upset. Don't make large purchases or investments.

PISCES(February 19 - March 20) Someone left a real mess for you to sift through. This will be a great night to invite friend over to visit. Uncertainties regarding your home and family are evident.

GEMINI(May 21 - June 20) Don't let your emotional upset interfere with your professional objectives. Do not get upset about situations you cannot change. Chances are you could get stuck with a colleague's job unexpectedly.

TAURUS(April 20 - May 20) This will be a very hectic day if you've made promises to too many people. Financial limitations may add to your depression. Try not to be overly generous.

SAGITTARIUS(November 22 - December 21) Colleagues may try to undermine you. Look into ways to better yourself through improving your dietary habits and daily routines. You may find that your generosity has been taken for granted.

SCORPIO(October 23 - November 21) Don't let the moods of those you live with get you down. Look into any educational activities involving the whole family. You will have opportunities to advance, but you may have to be willing to make some changes and possibly a residential move.

LIBRA(September 23 - October 22) You may find that someone at work hasn't been trustworthy. Exhaustion will lead to minor injury if you don't know when to quit. Be cautious who you deal with financially.

VIRGO(August 23 - September 22) The existing problems must be dealt with one way or another. You will encounter those who can help you further your goals if you attend functions that attract prominent people. You may find yourself in the midst of a pretty good deal.

ARIES(March 21 - April 19)Look into joining groups that can give you hands-on advice about business. Lovers may no be truthful. You may find that your quick wit and charm will help you in obtaining allies.

There are people who misunderstand meanings based on context. Somehow a word is simply misunderstood.

Take a very common example: prodigal. The word originally meant being bad with money, but thanks to its almost exclusive association with a particular parable in the Bible, people now understand it to mean run-away (still an adjective). The tale is now seen as a father accepting his son back after leaving, rather than a father forgiving his son for squandering his inheritance.

The same can be said of 'arcane.' As Tiredofgaggs said, it simply means 'hidden.' It's the same as 'occult' in many circumstances. Many magical traditions were exclusive for a long time, thanks to many factors (not really worth getting into here), and being exclusive, the people who practiced certain traditions wanted to keep it away from others (such as some forms of Hebrew mysticism practiced by the priests being kept secret from the rest of the Jewish population, and not to mention various 'secret societies' which became rather popular in Europe and some which still exist).

The knowledge of these practices is arcane knowledge, but people have associated the term 'arcane' with more, and specifically with things related to a magic practice. And since many of these traditions at least claim much older -- and still hidden -- roots, the term is also attributed to being ancient.

But really, so much previously hidden material -- at least introductory material -- is being published or otherwise made available, many things hidden are no longer such. But they are still considered arcane by nature, thanks in part to the ever-evolving etymology of words.

merkabah? you mean the Jewish mysticism from the Book of Ezekiel? it sounds like an impossibility, or at best a form of astral projection. perhaps talk to a rabbi [or maybe a priest since the Torah is the old testament but it's better to go to someone who specializes in the book in question]